Chinese women curlers fall short at worlds
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March 23, 2012, Friday
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THE 2012 World Women's Curling Championship in Canada is a tournament the Chinese national team would quickly want to forget.
Three years after winning it all in 2009, Wang Bingyu and her Harbin rink crashed out on Wednesday at the world championship in southern Alberta, losing both of their games to sit 2-7 - tied for last with Italy and the Czech Republic in the 12-nation tournament. After losing 5-7 to South Korea the night before, China got off to a disastrous start on Wednesday morning when Sweden struck for five points in the first end en route to a 7-5 win.
The afternoon session proved no better as Scotland, a pre-tournament favorite, scored two points in an extra end to win 9-7 in a seesaw battle between two sides destined to miss the playoffs.
"It was really tough, but really close," Chinese skipper Wang said of the two games.
"I think we hadn't woken up (against Sweden). It was the first game in morning."
After quickly going down 0-5 to the defending champion, China made it a game in getting two points in both the third and fourth ends to make it 5-4.
The Swedes picked up a point in the fifth end, while China countered in the eight. After the Swedes picked up another point in the ninth to make it 7-5, China conceded the 10th end when there was no chance to pick up two points to tie the match.
With Scotland going up by two points in the ninth end, China roared back with two points in the 10th to force an extra end.
"We tried to steal at nine, but they (Scotland) got the two," Wang said. "In the 10th they missed the rock and we got two back. We lost the fourth and fifth ends and they got two points. I think that was important and they were able to steal two points."
Three years after winning it all in 2009, Wang Bingyu and her Harbin rink crashed out on Wednesday at the world championship in southern Alberta, losing both of their games to sit 2-7 - tied for last with Italy and the Czech Republic in the 12-nation tournament. After losing 5-7 to South Korea the night before, China got off to a disastrous start on Wednesday morning when Sweden struck for five points in the first end en route to a 7-5 win.
The afternoon session proved no better as Scotland, a pre-tournament favorite, scored two points in an extra end to win 9-7 in a seesaw battle between two sides destined to miss the playoffs.
"It was really tough, but really close," Chinese skipper Wang said of the two games.
"I think we hadn't woken up (against Sweden). It was the first game in morning."
After quickly going down 0-5 to the defending champion, China made it a game in getting two points in both the third and fourth ends to make it 5-4.
The Swedes picked up a point in the fifth end, while China countered in the eight. After the Swedes picked up another point in the ninth to make it 7-5, China conceded the 10th end when there was no chance to pick up two points to tie the match.
With Scotland going up by two points in the ninth end, China roared back with two points in the 10th to force an extra end.
"We tried to steal at nine, but they (Scotland) got the two," Wang said. "In the 10th they missed the rock and we got two back. We lost the fourth and fifth ends and they got two points. I think that was important and they were able to steal two points."
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